Hezbollah Fires Waves of Projectiles Into Israel After Deadly Strike in Beirut

Israel’s military has been intensifying operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon in an apparent attempt to pressure the militant group into a cease-fire.

Hezbollah fired more than 60 projectiles into Israel before noon on Sunday, a day after an Israeli strike in the heart of the Lebanese capital killed at least 20 people.

More than 65 people were wounded in the attack in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, on Saturday. Three Israeli defense officials said the strike was an attempt to assassinate a top Hezbollah military commander, Mohammad Haidar. One of the Israeli defense officials, who requested anonymity to discuss sensitive military operations, later said that Mr. Haidar was not killed.

On Sunday, waves of air raid sirens blared throughout much of northern Israel, including the hilltop town of Safed. Israel’s military said that some of the projectiles — a term usually referring to rockets — were intercepted by air defense systems.

Magen David Adom, an Israeli emergency rescue service, said it treated a woman in northern Israel who suffered a shrapnel injury.

Hezbollah said it had fired four salvos of rockets at Israel on Sunday and one that targeted a group of Israeli soldiers in Lebanon.

The exchange of fire came as the Israeli military said it struck what it described as militant infrastructure next to a border crossing between Syria and Lebanon. It also ordered the evacuation of five villages in southern Lebanon.